Norfolkred1
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Shall we say young at heart, but my American breakfast at table 35 was nice, just needed runny eggs.Aren't you one of the wrinkly brigade?
Shall we say young at heart, but my American breakfast at table 35 was nice, just needed runny eggs.Aren't you one of the wrinkly brigade?
Sorry mate got your pub mixed up with the Buck in Chopgate which is owned by Germans I have just read.No?? German influence?
@Norfolkred1 the oak or the buck?
It isn't only you, I have been guilty of it myself, and we both could look down the board and find other examples.I don't to be fair. It's become a crazy message board meme hasn't it? That I'm the only person pointing out brexit failures. It's funny,but we know it's not true
Two Bucks 9 miles apart. I’ve been to the Chop Gate one. Their schnitzels are very good.Sorry mate got your pub mixed up with the Buck in Chopgate which is owned by Germans I have just read.
You forgot to mention it's sad news for the hundreds of employees covering those 39 businesses and also the jobs affected in the supply chain to those businesses.
Absolutely. One of the popular pubs in Billingham charge more per pint than Weatherspoons for a drink that is far less quality too. I'd prefer a decent pint of IPA in Spoons to a pint of rubbish Madri!Wetherspoons serve a purpose. The swatters is one of the busiest pubs in Boro. The one in Harrogate is decent as well. It’s the pubs currently charging £5 and over for a pint of lager that deserve no customers.
Yes it is. They did lovely food there last time I went a lot of years ago. Family owned and ran.Sorry mate got your pub mixed up with the Buck in Chopgate which is owned by Germans I have just read.
It is. There is a sea of change going on in the industry though. Higher wages will hopefully start to attract more youngsters into the back of house part of the industry. There will always be jobs available and filled in a cycle of sorts for front of house positions. Helped of course by the new legislation that's currently been worked on regarding tipsThat is true, but we know the industry is currently screaming out for staff. I've never seen it so sparce.
I'm not bothered about customers going back into his pubs but I do agree with him that people should stop watching Love Island and other reality shows - he forgot to add sh1t before reality shows.I don’t give my custom to Wetherspoons, not because of the type of pub they are (they are cheap and cheerful and good value sure) but for the man who owns them.
I see yesterday he is quoted as saying to his customers “Stop watching Love Island and other reality TV shows and get back into my pubs”
Does he really understand his customers? Does he really empathise with their situation right now? I really don’t think he does.
It doesn't hellp that they have another pub just around the corner.I know the Penderel’s Oak on High Holborn in London. Before the pandemic it was packed nearly every night. Went past it just before Xmas and it was a vast cavernous empty sad place.
There are two Spoons close to the Oak. The Knights Templar and the Shakespeares Head. It’s a busy area though and some off the pubs round there are still very busy. The Oak to me never looked like a welcoming premises.It doesn't hellp that they have another pub just around the corner.
Not surprised to see the Loughton one, which is the closest to my home, closing. It's a smal venue and there's better pubs in the area.
I mainly drink in the one near where I work in Twickenham and I did wonder whether that might go, although I guess the flow of people for the rugby helps subsidise it.
Well it is a public company but he remains executive chairman and spokesperson for the Group.I'm not that bothered about Martin; yes he founded the chain but he is a minority shareholder now; they're just like any other chain.